What? Hell no, I've had enough sitting in some damn box while old assholes lecture me about being wrong!
...Class gets better once you learn how to study on your own. And no, you probably shouldn't ask where he learned it. The person we learned our old language habits from is a...sensitive subject.
[Sensitive subject, huh. He definitely picked up by now that there's some nasty history with adult figures in his life.]
School is more about learning what's right before you get it wrong. [Yuya gently nudges the smaller Akechi.] You should go put that food down. It's kind of heavy, isn't it?
He's not even in middle school yet. [Yuya points at himself.] I didn't blend in very well either, sometimes it's awkward to stick out.
[It's part of why Daybreak has been a better experience, although half green hair still isn't... normal... but at least red doesn't stick out so much.]
[That wasn't... quite the direction Yuya was going for, and he raises an eyebrow.] The blog is a lie?
[What little his mom showed him (gushed about) looked too enthusiastic, but then again he hasn't seen Akechi be that hyper in person, either.] I guess your persona on it is more bubbly, but don't you enjoy it?
[He sighs, rubbing his forehead as his younger self blows a raspberry.]
The sentiments are true, but the presentation isn't. He's talking about things like watching my phrasing, and downplaying personality traits that adults might disapprove of.
[Big Akechi looks like he's resisting the urge to wring little Akechi's neck. Would that count as murder?]
Talking like a delinquent is enough on its own...along with anything else that suggests disrespect for authority. I'm sure he's made his opinions there obvious.
A bit. [Yuya tilts his head with a wry grin. So he's just not a fan of tatemae. That's fair--sometimes Yuya feels suffocated by it, too.]
I get it. I noticed when I started coming to the academy that public face is less important in the West. It kind of takes getting used to, how open people here can be. [He figures Akechi has definitely noticed a greater inclination for conflict and rambunctiousness.] But I don't think it's a bad thing.
[Yuya puts his hand to his mouth to try and hide his giggle.] Most people won't think twice about it, you'll see.
[He goes around with red and green hair, he knows how much people here are inclined to let everyone else be whatever as long as they're not causing a disturbance.] They're probably a lot more worried about a little version of them running around than anyone else's. Besides, he's cute.
[... Maybe Yuya's using cute liberally, but he's definitely not going to talk down to the kid who was worried about being ostracized.]
That's true. [He got lucky there's no six year old crybaby version of him running around so he can look after everyone else's pasts. And remember.] But I'm not disappointed to learn about you, either.
[Oh--that gets Yuya to crack up suddenly when he just goes right for swearing. A true delinquent, and Yuya will never tell him mom because then she'll never leave him alone about an autograph,] Have you been holding that in?!
Your food blog fans? [He's not up and up on the true crime scene in Tokyo, but give his mom he'd totally believe it about a bunch of housewives.] I guess it doesn't fit the image too much, being vulgar.
[He leans off the wall, clearing his throat before lacing his fingers together and grinning wide as he talks in a higher tone like, well, a high school girl. He read one of those blog posts.] This is the best fucking burger place in Tokyo, right?! Their cheesy fries are the shit!
[Look, he can even punctuate english swears, this is terrible.] Like that?
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Date: 2019-05-02 09:26 pm (UTC)[He's teasing, grinning as he looks back at the older Akechi.] Should I asked where he learned it?
[He winks. Without knowing if the little Akechi knows the truth, he's going to be vague about their relationship.]
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Date: 2019-05-02 09:59 pm (UTC)...Class gets better once you learn how to study on your own. And no, you probably shouldn't ask where he learned it. The person we learned our old language habits from is a...sensitive subject.
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Date: 2019-05-02 10:08 pm (UTC)School is more about learning what's right before you get it wrong. [Yuya gently nudges the smaller Akechi.] You should go put that food down. It's kind of heavy, isn't it?
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Date: 2019-05-02 10:16 pm (UTC)[Hopefully Mav won't mind his bed having a tray of food put on it.]
Our middle school years were...not the best. There were still some teachers back then that disapproved of us being left handed.
[To say nothing of the attention issues, but he's still a little embarrassed to admit to that.]
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Date: 2019-05-02 10:21 pm (UTC)[It's part of why Daybreak has been a better experience, although half green hair still isn't... normal... but at least red doesn't stick out so much.]
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Date: 2019-05-02 10:42 pm (UTC)[His own are a rusty red-brown, almost like spots of dried blood.]
People are assholes.
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Date: 2019-05-02 11:18 pm (UTC)[Like his friends, that he's lucky to have. But he won't too far on that topic in front of them.]
At least you know it gets better? Like you have a really popular food blog now, and you're here.
[But also, the food blog is some kind of fame, right.]
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Date: 2019-05-02 11:28 pm (UTC)[The younger Akechi plops down next to his food haul, visibly sulking. The older one, meanwhile, winces.]
I told you not to bring that up!
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Date: 2019-05-02 11:32 pm (UTC)[What little his mom showed him (gushed about) looked too enthusiastic, but then again he hasn't seen Akechi be that hyper in person, either.] I guess your persona on it is more bubbly, but don't you enjoy it?
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Date: 2019-05-02 11:38 pm (UTC)[He sighs, rubbing his forehead as his younger self blows a raspberry.]
The sentiments are true, but the presentation isn't. He's talking about things like watching my phrasing, and downplaying personality traits that adults might disapprove of.
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Date: 2019-05-02 11:44 pm (UTC)Yuya leans against the doorway rather than invite himself in.] What kind of things don't adults approve of? Besides talking like a delinquent.
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Date: 2019-05-03 12:12 am (UTC)Talking like a delinquent is enough on its own...along with anything else that suggests disrespect for authority. I'm sure he's made his opinions there obvious.
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Date: 2019-05-03 12:18 am (UTC)I get it. I noticed when I started coming to the academy that public face is less important in the West. It kind of takes getting used to, how open people here can be. [He figures Akechi has definitely noticed a greater inclination for conflict and rambunctiousness.] But I don't think it's a bad thing.
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Date: 2019-05-03 12:42 am (UTC)Pretending is a pain in the ass.
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Date: 2019-05-03 12:57 am (UTC)[He goes around with red and green hair, he knows how much people here are inclined to let everyone else be whatever as long as they're not causing a disturbance.] They're probably a lot more worried about a little version of them running around than anyone else's. Besides, he's cute.
[... Maybe Yuya's using cute liberally, but he's definitely not going to talk down to the kid who was worried about being ostracized.]
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Date: 2019-05-03 01:03 am (UTC)You think that because you're not the one he's embarrassing.
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Date: 2019-05-03 04:05 am (UTC)[Which...okay, doesn't really sound like that bad an outcome, sometimes. He has the craziest fans.]
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Date: 2019-05-03 04:16 am (UTC)[He leans off the wall, clearing his throat before lacing his fingers together and grinning wide as he talks in a higher tone like, well, a high school girl. He read one of those blog posts.] This is the best fucking burger place in Tokyo, right?! Their cheesy fries are the shit!
[Look, he can even punctuate english swears, this is terrible.] Like that?
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Date: 2019-05-03 04:20 am (UTC)Not just the food blog, I'm also a local celebrity as a teenage detective. And that's not quite how I'd phrase it, but pretty damn close.
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Date: 2019-05-03 04:26 am (UTC)A teenage detective... like, you really solve crimes?
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